GA - Rapper Young + others indicted on RICO & other charges, May 2022. Trial ongoing April 2023, interruptions, lawyer arrested. Fulton County. #2

[arielilane]

Whitaker asked the state to have witnesses ready just in case Copeland can't testify.

No jury next week.

Since the jury is out for the day, Whitaker is taking up Young 's motion in limine about the PowerPoint from Detective Dennis.

Glanville had already ruled that the PowerPoint would be excluded.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1823417252177211619

Whitaker is giving the state until Friday to go through the PowerPoint and remove the stuff that needs to be redacted.


“Y’all have got to kinda get a handle on what your case is going to be,” Whitaker told the state.


Whitaker is a bit skeptical about how the state plans to play the interviews by muting or fast forward through the parts that have been redacted.


Court is done for the day.

 

[arielilane]

Looks like Woody's ready.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1823711385018360055

 

[arielilane]

@JozsefPapp_

Similar to how they did back in June, with the testimony that was stricken from the record, the state has started to play the lengthy interviews of Kenneth Copeland with police.First interview: Jan. 11, 2015 - the day after Donovan Thomas’ death.

Just as the interview was started to get played, Judge Whitaker said one of the jurors needed to deal with something “real fast” so a break was called.


Copeland’s new lawyer is present in court today.


Judge Whitaker is back on the stand and the state will continue to play the interview.


The problem was that they needed to find a way for Copeland to watch and listen to the video being played.“Thank you for your patience, I can’t even imagine how many times yall have already been told that over the course of this trial,” Whitaker told jurors.


The state is done playing the Jan. 11, 2015 interview.

 

[arielilane]

@JozsefPapp_

This is the stuff that Whitaker feels should have been resolved before trial even started.


A lot of the blame about how long the trial has been ongoing goes to Glanville, but attorneys also have some of the blame.After the jury was dismissed yesterday, they could have gone through the interview they are going through now but attorneys don't coordinate with each other


It's been constant delays with attorneys, both prosecutors and defense attorneys, bringing issues up at the last minute or when the jury is in the box waiting.


The jury was supposed to come back at 1:15 p.m. but Judge Whitaker has decided to finish this before they are called back. It is not expected to take much longer.


"I really need y'all to think at the end of the evening, 'What's going to come up tomorrow? What might I need to go ahead and get done? What might I need to tell the judge about?'," Whitaker tells attorneys as they bring the jury in.


The next Copeland interview being played from February 20, 2015.

 

[arielilane]

@JozsefPapp_

“I did not excused anybody. Where did two defendants go and why?” Whitaker asked.“We’ve had restroom break after restroom break, they are going to have to hold it like the rest of us. I did not take a recess,” Whitaker said.


3:24 PM · Aug 14, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@JozsefPapp_

The next interview being played is January 28, 2015.


3:35 PM · Aug 14, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@JozsefPapp_

Court is done for the jurors and Copeland for the day, before he left, Whitaker told him to be back at 9 am tomorrow.“I don’t get much sleep Judge, can I come in like at 10?” Copeland asked.“Sorry,” Whitaker replied.


Whitaker told jurors the plan is to be in court from 9 a.m. until around 5-5:30 p.m. “I’m not going to be able to accommodate regular leaving early,” Whitaker said but asked them to let her know if something is urgent.


Whitaker told jurors that they will be off all next week, August 29-30, Labor Day and Veteran’s Day, Nov. 27-29 and Dec. 23-Jan. 1.Whitaker said there might be other days but those are the ones set for now.She hopes they are done here by Thanksgiving/Christmas.


Hylton said the hope and the goal is to finish on direct examination with Copeland on Friday afternoon.Tomorrow, they are going to play an 8-hour interview so that’s going to take all day.

 

[arielilane]

@JozsefPapp_

Kenneth Copeland is back on the stand as prosecutors continue to play his interviews with police.Prosecutors will play the 8-hour interview today.


The state is now playing the February 21, 2015 interview.


Copeland just asked if he could speak to some of the things mentioned in the interview but Hylton and Whitaker both told him he can't right now."Not right now, you'll be asked further questions probably later," Whitaker said.

 

[arielilane]

@cathyrusson

My brain is becoming numb from having Woody's police interview in the background while working on other things. I can only imagine how jurors feel.


10:59 AM · Aug 15, 2024

 

[arielilane]

August 15, 2024
GA v. Jeffery Williams - Day 112

 

[arielilane]

@JozsefPapp_

I’ve been told that some jurors are actually taking notes and paying attention during the playing of the interviews.


1:40 PM · Aug 15, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@JozsefPapp_

The state is now playing the jail calls from Copeland, but Deputy DA Hylton is asking Copeland questions before she introduces each call. Copeland continues to testify, "I don't recall."


2:32 PM · Aug 15, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@JozsefPapp_

Court is done for the day and will resume tomorrow as the state hopes to finish their direct examination of Copeland.


5:24 PM · Aug 15, 2024

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

thank you for keeping up (and helping us keep up) with this debacle, @arielilane

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1824176739406450915

 

[arielilane]

thank you for keeping up (and helping us keep up) with this debacle, @arielilane

Thank you, @AzPistonsGirl. I appreciate you.